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Kansas Dental Jurisprudence Practice Test

Unofficial practice on the Kansas Dental Practices Act and the Board's regulations, with the statute or regulation after each answer.

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The Kansas Dental Board 11

  • A member of the Kansas Dental Board is appointed by the governor for a term of what length? K.S.A. 74-1404(b). Topic: The Kansas Dental Board.
  • Besides the dentists, who sits on the Kansas Dental Board? K.S.A. 74-1404(a). Topic: The Kansas Dental Board.
  • For how long must a dentist or hygienist have actively practiced in Kansas before appointment to the board? K.S.A. 74-1404(b). Topic: The Kansas Dental Board.
  • From where are the dentist members of the Kansas Dental Board appointed? K.S.A. 74-1404(b). Topic: The Kansas Dental Board.
  • How many consecutive terms may a member of the Kansas Dental Board serve? K.S.A. 74-1404(b). Topic: The Kansas Dental Board.
  • How many dentists sit on the Kansas Dental Board? K.S.A. 74-1404(a). Topic: The Kansas Dental Board.
  • How many regular meetings must the Kansas Dental Board hold each year? K.S.A. 74-1405(a). Topic: The Kansas Dental Board.
  • On what dates do terms on the Kansas Dental Board begin and end? K.S.A. 74-1404(c). Topic: The Kansas Dental Board.
  • Where is the official office of the Kansas Dental Board? K.S.A. 74-1405(c). Topic: The Kansas Dental Board.
  • Which dentist is not eligible for appointment to the Kansas Dental Board? K.S.A. 74-1404(b). Topic: The Kansas Dental Board.
  • Which officers does the Kansas Dental Board elect from its members at its first meeting day of each year? K.S.A. 74-1405(a). Topic: The Kansas Dental Board.
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Licenses, renewal and continuing education 25

  • A hygienist returns to practice in Kansas through a board-approved refresher course. How many clock hours must the course have? K.A.R. 71-3-8. Topic: Licenses, renewal and continuing education.
  • A Kansas dentist gives free care as a charitable healthcare provider. How may that count toward continuing education? K.S.A. 65-1431(d). Topic: Licenses, renewal and continuing education.
  • A Kansas dentist holds a specialist certificate. How many of the required continuing education hours must be in that specialty? K.A.R. 71-4-1. Topic: Licenses, renewal and continuing education.
  • A Kansas dentist returns to active practice after five or more years of retirement. How many hours of continuing dental education are required? K.A.R. 71-4-2. Topic: Licenses, renewal and continuing education.
  • A Kansas license is not renewed in its December. By what date must renewal be obtained before the license is automatically canceled? K.S.A. 65-1431(f). Topic: Licenses, renewal and continuing education.
  • An applicant fails the Kansas licensure examination on the second trial. What must happen before a third trial? K.S.A. 65-1429. Topic: Licenses, renewal and continuing education.
  • For how long must a dental hygienist have held a license in another state to be licensed in Kansas without examination? K.S.A. 65-1434(b). Topic: Licenses, renewal and continuing education.
  • For how long must a dentist have held a license in another state to be licensed in Kansas without examination? K.S.A. 65-1434(b). Topic: Licenses, renewal and continuing education.
  • For how many calendar days at most may the Kansas board issue a temporary license to a dentist licensed in another state to give charitable dental services? K.S.A. 65-1426(d). Topic: Licenses, renewal and continuing education.
  • For which Kansas licensee is the continuing dental education requirement waived by K.A.R. 71-4-2? K.A.R. 71-4-2. Topic: Licenses, renewal and continuing education.
  • How many hours of continuing dental education must a Kansas dental hygienist show with each license renewal? K.A.R. 71-4-1. Topic: Licenses, renewal and continuing education.
  • How many hours of continuing education must a Kansas dentist show with each license renewal? K.A.R. 71-4-1. Topic: Licenses, renewal and continuing education.
  • How many of a Kansas dentist's continuing education hours must be in ethics? K.A.R. 71-4-1. Topic: Licenses, renewal and continuing education.
  • How old must a person be to receive a Kansas dental hygienist license? K.S.A. 65-1455(c). Topic: Licenses, renewal and continuing education.
  • How old must an applicant for a Kansas license to practice dentistry be? K.S.A. 65-1426(a). Topic: Licenses, renewal and continuing education.
  • On what date does a Kansas dental or dental hygiene license expire in its renewal year? K.S.A. 65-1431(a). Topic: Licenses, renewal and continuing education.
  • What certificate must a Kansas licensee submit with every license renewal application? K.A.R. 71-4-1. Topic: Licenses, renewal and continuing education.
  • What does K.A.R. 71-1-9 require of every candidate for a Kansas dental or dental hygienist's license? K.A.R. 71-1-9. Topic: Licenses, renewal and continuing education.
  • What is the most continuing education credit a Kansas licensee may receive in a year for lecturing, presenting papers or teaching? K.A.R. 71-4-2. Topic: Licenses, renewal and continuing education.
  • What must each licensed dentist actively practicing in Kansas maintain as a condition of rendering professional services? K.S.A. 65-1468(a). Topic: Licenses, renewal and continuing education.
  • Where must a Kansas dentist keep the name, license and current renewal certificate displayed? K.S.A. 65-1430. Topic: Licenses, renewal and continuing education.
  • Which change must a Kansas dental hygienist report to the board in writing? K.A.R. 71-3-4. Topic: Licenses, renewal and continuing education.
  • Which of these is a branch of dentistry for which Kansas issues a specialist's certificate? K.A.R. 71-2-2. Topic: Licenses, renewal and continuing education.
  • Within how many days after changing a practice location must a Kansas dentist give the board the new address? K.S.A. 65-1432. Topic: Licenses, renewal and continuing education.
  • Within what period before the license expires must a Kansas licensee complete the required continuing education? K.A.R. 71-4-1. Topic: Licenses, renewal and continuing education.

Hygienists and unlicensed assistants: supervision and duties 21

  • A Kansas dentist first allows an unlicensed person to coronal scale teeth. What must the dentist then report to the board? K.A.R. 71-6-5. Topic: Hygienists and unlicensed assistants: supervision and duties.
  • An unlicensed person coronal scales as part of a prophylaxis in Kansas. Who must perform all subgingival scaling? K.A.R. 71-6-4. Topic: Hygienists and unlicensed assistants: supervision and duties.
  • An unlicensed person in Kansas offers a service that alters the color of natural teeth. When is that not the practice of dentistry? K.A.R. 71-11-1. Topic: Hygienists and unlicensed assistants: supervision and duties.
  • Before a Kansas dentist lets an unlicensed person coronal scale, where must that person's course certificate be? K.A.R. 71-6-2. Topic: Hygienists and unlicensed assistants: supervision and duties.
  • From whom must a Kansas hygienist with an extended care permit receive payment for the services? K.S.A. 65-1456(f). Topic: Hygienists and unlicensed assistants: supervision and duties.
  • How long must an approved instruction course be before an unlicensed person may coronal scale teeth in Kansas? K.A.R. 71-6-3. Topic: Hygienists and unlicensed assistants: supervision and duties.
  • How many hours of dental hygiene care does a Kansas extended care permit III require? K.S.A. 65-1456(h). Topic: Hygienists and unlicensed assistants: supervision and duties.
  • How many hours of dental hygiene care within the past three years qualify a Kansas hygienist for an extended care permit I? K.S.A. 65-1456(f). Topic: Hygienists and unlicensed assistants: supervision and duties.
  • How many hygienists with an extended care permit may one Kansas sponsoring dentist monitor? K.S.A. 65-1456(f). Topic: Hygienists and unlicensed assistants: supervision and duties.
  • How soon after extended care permit treatment is completed must the Kansas hygienist get the patient assessment report to the sponsoring dentist? K.A.R. 71-3-9. Topic: Hygienists and unlicensed assistants: supervision and duties.
  • Kansas bars unlicensed persons from giving general or local anesthesia. What does the statute leave outside that bar? K.S.A. 65-1423(b). Topic: Hygienists and unlicensed assistants: supervision and duties.
  • On which patient may an unlicensed person in Kansas not perform coronal scaling as part of a prophylaxis? K.A.R. 71-6-2. Topic: Hygienists and unlicensed assistants: supervision and duties.
  • Under direct supervision as Kansas law defines it, when does the dentist evaluate the work? K.S.A. 65-1456(d). Topic: Hygienists and unlicensed assistants: supervision and duties.
  • Under general supervision in Kansas, how recently must the supervising dentist have examined the patient if not at the visit itself? K.S.A. 65-1456(d). Topic: Hygienists and unlicensed assistants: supervision and duties.
  • What does Kansas say about independent advertising by a dental hygienist? K.A.R. 71-3-1. Topic: Hygienists and unlicensed assistants: supervision and duties.
  • What must a Kansas hygienist with an extended care permit tell the patient and legal guardian about the services? K.S.A. 65-1456(f). Topic: Hygienists and unlicensed assistants: supervision and duties.
  • What must all advertising by a Kansas dental hygienist include? K.A.R. 71-3-2. Topic: Hygienists and unlicensed assistants: supervision and duties.
  • Which act may an unlicensed person in a Kansas dental office perform under the direct supervision of a dentist? K.S.A. 65-1423(a). Topic: Hygienists and unlicensed assistants: supervision and duties.
  • Which does K.S.A. 65-1423 count as removal of or addition to the hard or soft tissue of the oral cavity? K.S.A. 65-1423(b). Topic: Hygienists and unlicensed assistants: supervision and duties.
  • Which of these may a Kansas dental hygienist not do under general supervision? K.S.A. 65-1456(d). Topic: Hygienists and unlicensed assistants: supervision and duties.
  • Which procedure may a Kansas hygienist perform only under direct supervision? K.A.R. 71-3-7. Topic: Hygienists and unlicensed assistants: supervision and duties.

Records, names, advertising and ownership 13

  • A Kansas dentist practices as an employee of another. Where must the employee's name be displayed? K.S.A. 65-1425. Topic: Records, names, advertising and ownership.
  • A Kansas dentist wants to advertise superior services. What must be done before the advertisement is used? K.A.R. 71-7-1. Topic: Records, names, advertising and ownership.
  • A Kansas dentist's name is on an office. For what share of the time patients are treated there must the dentist be present or personally overseeing the work? K.S.A. 65-1435(d). Topic: Records, names, advertising and ownership.
  • After a Kansas dentist dies, for how long may the estate employ dentists to serve the patients until the practice is sold or closed? K.S.A. 65-1424(b). Topic: Records, names, advertising and ownership.
  • For how long after a professional service must a Kansas licensee keep the patient's dental record? K.A.R. 71-1-15. Topic: Records, names, advertising and ownership.
  • For infection control, how does the Kansas regulation tell an office to regard its staff and patients? K.A.R. 71-1-18. Topic: Records, names, advertising and ownership.
  • How does Kansas law treat a complaint the Dental Board receives about a licensee? K.S.A. 65-1467(a). Topic: Records, names, advertising and ownership.
  • May a Kansas dentist practice under a trade name or business name? K.S.A. 65-1435(b). Topic: Records, names, advertising and ownership.
  • On what must a Kansas dentist write an order for an unlicensed person to construct or repair a denture? K.S.A. 65-1438. Topic: Records, names, advertising and ownership.
  • Under what limits may a Kansas dentist own two more offices beyond the primary one? K.S.A. 65-1435(f). Topic: Records, names, advertising and ownership.
  • When may a Kansas dentist advertise a practice as limited to a recognized specialty? K.S.A. 65-1437(a). Topic: Records, names, advertising and ownership.
  • Which of these must a Kansas dental record contain under K.A.R. 71-1-15? K.A.R. 71-1-15. Topic: Records, names, advertising and ownership.
  • With what must every complete denture or removable prosthesis made for a Kansas patient be marked? K.S.A. 65-1465(a). Topic: Records, names, advertising and ownership.

Grounds, discipline and penalties 12

  • A Kansas dentist announces a specialty without a certificate of qualification. What does K.S.A. 65-1427 provide? K.S.A. 65-1427(d). Topic: Grounds, discipline and penalties.
  • A Kansas dentist lets a hygienist perform an operation the dental law does not permit. Whose license may the board suspend or revoke? K.S.A. 65-1456(a). Topic: Grounds, discipline and penalties.
  • A Kansas dentist routinely waives every patient's co-payment while billing the insurer in full. How does K.S.A. 65-1436 treat that? K.S.A. 65-1436(a). Topic: Grounds, discipline and penalties.
  • A Kansas dentist's license is tied to an arrangement with an unlicensed proprietor. What may the board do to the license? K.S.A. 65-1424(a). Topic: Grounds, discipline and penalties.
  • A Kansas licensee on probation breaks a condition the board set. What follows? K.S.A. 65-1436(b). Topic: Grounds, discipline and penalties.
  • Another state has revoked a Kansas licensee's dental license. What weight does a certified copy of that record carry before the Kansas board? K.S.A. 65-1436(a). Topic: Grounds, discipline and penalties.
  • How many instances of ordinary negligence make a Kansas licensee "professionally incompetent"? K.S.A. 65-1436(c). Topic: Grounds, discipline and penalties.
  • Under K.S.A. 65-1460, what kind of offense is practicing dentistry in Kansas without a license? K.S.A. 65-1460. Topic: Grounds, discipline and penalties.
  • What is the largest fine the Kansas Dental Board may assess against a licensee? K.S.A. 65-1436(d). Topic: Grounds, discipline and penalties.
  • What may the Kansas Dental Board require of a licensee before a hearing in a licensure action? K.S.A. 65-1436(e). Topic: Grounds, discipline and penalties.
  • Which law governs notice and hearing before the Kansas Dental Board acts against a license? K.S.A. 65-1436(a). Topic: Grounds, discipline and penalties.
  • Which word in a practice name can be a ground for action under K.S.A. 65-1436 because it may suggest a public activity? K.S.A. 65-1436(a). Topic: Grounds, discipline and penalties.

How this list was compiled: Our own questions on the law the Kansas Dental Board's jurisprudence examination covers. K.A.R. 71-1-9 requires every candidate for a Kansas dental or dental hygienist's license to pass a satisfactory examination on the pertinent provisions of the Kansas dental law, and the Board's Kansas Dental Practices Act page (https://www.dental.ks.gov/laws/kansas-dental-practices-act, opened 2026-10-15) says an electronic or paper copy of the Act may be used during the jurisprudence examination. The Board publishes no question count, time limit, pass mark or content outline, so the five topics here are this site's own sorting. The Board's own booklet of the Act is dated January 2020 and calls itself unofficial, so every fact was read on 2026-10-15 in the official texts it points to: the Kansas Statutes Annotated, chapter 65, article 14 and chapter 74, article 14, on the Revisor of Statutes' site (https://www.ksrevisor.gov/statutes/ksa_ch65.html), and the Kansas Administrative Regulations, Agency 71, on the Secretary of State's site (https://rules.ks.gov/). Each question names its section and links to it. Licence: Questions, choices and explanations are original work of this site, written from the public text of the Kansas statutes and regulations. Nothing is taken from the Board's jurisprudence examination, a prep company or a review book.

How it works

An unofficial Kansas dental jurisprudence practice test: 82 of our own questions on the Kansas Dental Practices Act, K.S.A. 65-1421 and following, and K.A.R. Agency 71. The Kansas Dental Board gives the real examination and is not affiliated.

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What is left out

Law only, read on the Revisor of Statutes' and the Secretary of State's sites, because the Board's own booklet of the Act is dated January 2020. Fees, sedation permits, mobile facilities and student practice are not asked. Practice for an exam, not medical advice.

  • Kansas licenses expire December 1 of the renewal year and are canceled if not renewed before March 1 (K.S.A. 65-1431).
  • Dentists owe sixty hours of continuing education each renewal and hygienists thirty, with ethics hours in both (K.A.R. 71-4-1).
  • Dental records are kept ten years after the date of any professional service (K.A.R. 71-1-15).

Questions and answers

Is the Kansas dental jurisprudence exam open book?

In effect, yes. The Board's Kansas Dental Practices Act page says an electronic or paper copy of the Act may be used during the jurisprudence examination.

How many questions are on the Kansas dental jurisprudence exam?

The Board's pages give no question count, time limit or pass mark, so this page prints none. A mock run here asks 25 questions with no clock and reports a score only.

Who has to take the Kansas jurisprudence exam?

All candidates for a Kansas dental license and all candidates for a dental hygienist's license, under K.A.R. 71-1-9. It asks about the pertinent provisions of the Kansas dental law.

What should I study for the Kansas dental jurisprudence exam?

The Kansas Dental Practices Act: K.S.A. chapter 65, article 14 and chapter 74, article 14, with K.A.R. Agency 71. The Board's booklet is dated January 2020 and calls itself unofficial, so read the current statutes and regulations beside it.

Is this the Board's examination?

No. The questions on this page are our own, written from the public statutes and regulations; none comes from the examination. The Kansas Dental Board has not reviewed this page.

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